I can’t tell you how much I’ve been looking forward to this reading challenge this year. It’s become a sign of Spring for me, and with the general suckitude of winter this year, I’ll admit, I’m really looking forward to anything having to do with Spring. (Seriously. I have never done this much garden planning […]
Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge – 3/21/14 – 6/21/14 Read More »
So on the heels of the Flicker socks, I finished off the Risata yarn with a few more hexipuffs. The nice thing about these ones is they’re different than my regular color palette, so should lend some nice contrast. After that, I was a little bit of loose ends, because I was waiting for
I can’t believe I managed to take a two year break from catching up on Fables. And yes, I still have plenty more to catch up on, because there’s been more added since I last picked them up. I really have to remember that they’re great filler books for when I want to hold off
Fables – Bill Willingham et al Read More »
Pattern: Flicker Socks by Cookie AYarn: Knitpicks Risata in the Fairy Tale colorwayNeedles: Size 1.5 DPNs I’d gotten this pattern in a swap a while ago, and I’d also been holding onto this yarn for a while (quite a while – it’s discontinued), so they seemed a like a natural fit for a quick project.
Read for the Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge. This is the kind of Heyer book I really like. It was laugh out loud funny in parts – probably pretty anachronistic for the time period, but so fun it didn’t matter. Lord Darracott is a cranky old coot presiding over the families of his four sons. (He
The Unknown Ajax – Georgette Heyer Read More »
Flicker sock #1 is done! I forget how much I like making socks. There’s just something so enjoyable about turning a heel. And they’re such a nice, discreet size. Even if the pattern is a bit of a slog, it never seems like it’s going to keep going on forever. (BTW, this pattern is not
Jared is a pleasure slave, one who turned on his owner, and killed her. So he’s now at the slave market, sure he’ll be sent to the Salt Mines, when what he at first thinks is an even worse fate finds him. The Grey Lady, Queen of the neighboring land of Dena Nehele, has come
The Invisible Ring – Anne Bishop Read More »
For my next project, I’ve cast on Cookie A’s Flicker socks (a pattern I was given in a long ago swap) with my Knit Picks Risata yarn, in the Fairytale Colorway. Yet another yarn in my stash that turns out to discontinued. I didn’t realize my stash was getting so old.
Pattern: Fino Scarf by Jocelyn TunneyYarn: Schaffer Audrey in the Dian Fossey colorwayNeedles: size 6 circs I more or less used this pattern as a base. I added a provisional cast on, but ended up using a three needle bind off to finish it off, because it was just easier. I suppose grafting would have
Aquila is a Decurian in the Roman calvary in Britain – not a Legionnaire, as the Legions have been gone from Britain for decades. When his unit too is summoned back to Rome, marking the end of Roman presence in Britain, Aquila knows that he’s of Britain, and must stay. Leaving the legion behind, he
The Lantern Bearers – Rosemary Sutcliff Read More »
